Ice-cream dispenser.



O. DOERING, JR. ICE CREAM DISPINSEB. APPLIOATION mum lAYfi, 190a.nnnnwnn 001213, 1911.

1,026,080; Patented May 14, 1912.

CHARLES JR, OAK PARK. ILLINOIS.

ICE iIREAI/I DISPENSER.

1 ,oeoosc.

Application filei flay 5, 1969, Serial No. 48%,1S1i Renewed October 18,1911.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1912.

Serial No. 654,541.

To all whom t 12mg, concern..-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES l lonnixo, J12, citizen of the United StateI residing at Oak Park, in the county of Cook and atate oi Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-CreamDispensers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to whi h it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to novel construction in an apparatus fordispensing ice cream and similar frozen viands, the object being toprovide means whereby measured quantities of the same may be easily andrapidly dished and served withmit conta t of the hands therewith andwithout nect tating opening the receptacle at any time ex cept whensubstantially entirely empty of its contents, and consists in thefeatures of construction and combinations of parts here inat'ter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention Figure -lis acentral vertical section of an apparatus constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section on the line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. -3- is a plan section of the same.

In serving ice cream and the like it is at present customary to removethe cover of the receptacle or can in which it is contained and insert aspoon or ladle or the more gcncrally used cone. If as frequently happensthe person serving the cream is extremely busy, especially in hotweather, it often happens that he or she perspires and in leaning overthe can or receptacle for the purpose of filling the ladle or cone dropsof perspi alien from hands or face will drop into the receptacle.Furthermore the fre quent opening of the can permits of the possibilityof dust and other -impurities finding their way into the same so thatpresent methods are not entirely military or desirable. l

The main object of my invention is to provide means whereby the creammay be served from a sealed receptacle without necessitating contacttl'icrcwith by the hands or the opening of the. receptacle from the timethat it is tilled until it is emptied, and

inc" of the cream is more quickly and easily cltk ted and waste thereofprevented.

My invention comprises the cylindrical re ceptacle 1 provided with aremovable cover l"; which is secured thereon in any suitable manner suchfor example as the eccentric 6Q levers C pivotally disposed upon linksDi: pivotally secured to the body of the can A and which said links areadapted to be swung into radial slots E in the projections I of thecover, said eccentric levers being 5 adapted to bear upon saidprojections F on either side of said slots E to draw the cover downtigl'itly upon the receptacle A. Said cover is 'prm'idcd at one sidewith a tapered (cliverv spent (7 through which cream is adapted to beforced by means of the piston l in said lBCtBPltlCle A actuated by thescrew shaft l which is adapted to be turned by means of the crank .l' orother suitable means depending upon the size, (diameter) of the cylinderA, and the consequent load upon the piston and also the rc'istance to.movement of the cream. The said screw shaft I has threaded engagementwith the hub of the piston ll in a well-known manner, said screwshatt'passing through a central opening in said cover and through a sleeve Kextending: through the hollow portion of said cover. ()1) saidscrew-shaft is a collar L which bears upon the upper end of a flange Mmounted upon said cover-and which serves to limit the downward movementof' the screw-shaft into the receptacle A.

Ice cream or other frozen viands may be compared to a plastic materialsuch as clay, soap, butter and similar substances which are dischargedfrom receptacles through dies disposed in the mouth portions of deliveryspouts as in the manufacture of bricks and hollow tile and formation ofcakes of soap, etc, the means employed for discl'iarging such materialsvarying" sonu-whal but being generally of a nature similar to and-theequivalent of the piston and screw-shaft which I have here illustrated.In carrying out my invention I am employing old and \\'(lll(l!()\\'llmechanism of other arts, and I desire it to be und rstood that lcontemplate whinging and varying this part of my a paratus to suitrequirements and to attain the greate t ellicieucy in operation thereof.

My invention comprehcnds the, use of the further to provide meanswhereby the serv- 1 before desc ibed means for discharging plasthroughsaid delivery spout said piston H would liver sutlicient cream I o eninequipped with scrapers S suitably connected of said plate 0 adjacent thetic material from a cylindrical receptacle in connection with a moldinto which the said cream is proje ted and molded into suitable 3 form,the molding device serving to out the column of projected cream anddeiivcr a prcdeteri'nined quantity upon a dish.

The shape and construction of the mold employed may be changed andvaried and i the specific manner of operating the same may likewise bechanged and varied without departing from the invention, theconstruction herein shown being merely intended to illustrate a suitableembodiment of the invention without limitation to specific details ofconstruction.

Mounted upon the delivery end of the dclivery spout G are a pair ofopposed guidea N constituting the side edge portions of a horizontalplate 0 extending at either and beyond said spout G, the wall of thelatter preferably enterin a central opening in the plate 0, and beingsoldered or otherwim secured therein. Adjacent one end said late 0 isprovided with a similar opening i of equal diameter. Resting upon saidplate) and extending at its side edges into said guides N is a plate Q.provided adjacent one end with an opening which. is adapted to registerwith the delivery end of spout G and through which the column of i a lcream is projected into van inverted ice cream cone R of well-knownconstrue-tum,

rigidly mounted in said plate Q, and is with a rotatable member Tpivotally mounted in the end wall of said cone. At one end opening P iprovide a removable stop U which is adapted to engage one free end ofthe plate Q to limit the movement thereof in one t'lirecticm, said limitof movement being such that the opening in the plate Q which may be saidto constitute the mouth of the cone R registers with.the opening P inthe late 0.

The 0 eration of my sai device is as fol.- lowsz T e can or cylinder Acontaining the piston H disposed at the bottom thcrcofis rimarily filledwith ice cream in any welt own manner, the cover being at such timeremoved in order tofacilitate the work. After filling the can said coverB is mounted thereonvand secured and the screwshaft I is then insertedthrough said cover and through the contained cream until it engages thehub of said piston H. By rotating said screw-shaft Ijn one direction thepiston will obviously'be raised thus compressing the contained creamagainst the cover B and G into said relatively slight movement ofobviously serve to dcto fill said cone R and when filled the latter ismoved toward the P, the column of cream progectcd G being thus cut otflush cone R. A

t roug said spout with: the upper fac of the plate Q. As soon 'o' d lover said opening P be ow the latter and the .ed Ht order to rotate saidthus iwriea'sc the cone of it. The cream drops up n the i, itfil toreceive the same anti said co. then returned into the path of thecolumn. i. operation is repeated ur il the can or cylinder A is cm tywhereupon 1' same is .rczmivcd and rcfil ed. The said cylinder ft isintca'idcd to and obviously mus t disposed in a suitable receptacle cori cited ice and salt or heat ahsoi it such for cxno receptacle illusrated and deapplic tion for Letters Patent .i", ii ed July (3, 190 5. Mya. f? very simple. efficient and aanitary and enables cream to he servedwith great ra idity and in uniform quantities and shapes.

if claim as my invention; I 1. An apparatus of the character scribedchino sing a receptacle, 3 cover thereto a (1 image pipe carried by saidcover, a shaft Mending through said receptacle, dish: mounted forlongitudinal move ment on elicit, and means for rotating said shit toactuate said disk and thereby rtente of the receptacle through it; .ililit of the character del mg a receptacle, :1 cover orator. a dischargepipe carried by said cover, a :shatt extending through said re 1 dishmounted for longitudinal niot ement on shaft a. mold movable ut'tl' thedelivery end i said di:-:chargc pipe and n ring c ntents and means forrotating said shaft to actuate said disk to discharge said contentsthrough said discharge pipe.

35. An opparat s of the character described comprising a rccepiaclin acover theretor, a discharge pipe carried by said ctnrer, a shaltextending through said receptacle, a dick mounted for longitudinalznl'ivemcnt on said shaft, a mold movable in guides tranarcraely to theaxis of the dis charge pipe and ada ted to be disposed over the deliveryend of t e latter, and means for rotatin said shaft to actuate said diskand tt-irce t c contents of the receptacle through said discharge pipeinto said mold, the latter hcing adapted to be moved to shear thecontents thereof from the column contained in the discharge pipe anddeliver thesame.

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a receptacle, :1cover therefor. 21 cover, a shaft extending through said receptacle, adisk mounted for longitudinal movement on said shaft, means for rotatingsaid shaft to actuate said disk and thereby of said receptacle,

'12s discharge pipe carried by said force the contents of the receptaclethrough In testimony whereof I have sitgsied my said discharge pipe, anda receptacle movname in the presence of two su ribing able in guides ina direction transversely witnesses.

CHARLES DOERIN G, JR.

to the direction of projection of the con- 5 tents receiving the latterand subsequently Witnesses:

separating the received portion from the RUDOLPH WM. Lo'rz, I body ofsaid contents. IRVING Come. 1

